PEMDAS
Word Problems
PEMDAS
Decimals
Fractions
100

2(2+2)+2

10

100

Bob, the cat, had 8 cans of cat food and she invited 2 of her friends to eat with her. How man cans did each cat get? 

4 cans 

100
10(2+3) + 1

51

100

2.22 + 3.31

5.53

100

1/2 + 1/2 

1

200

2(35 + 10) + 3

93

200

Aila, the dancer, has 4 pairs of dead pointe shoes and she has 2 pairs that she currently wears. She also has 5 unused pairs for when her feet grow. How many pairs does she have? 

11 pointe shoes 

200

3(2 x 15) - 5

85

200

10.20 - 5.10

5.10

200
3/4 + 1/2 

1 1/4

300

5 x 2(10/5) + 8

28

300

George, the soda maker, makes 20 cans of coke per hour and she works for 7 hours per day. How many cans does she make every 2 days? 

280 cans in 2 days

300

4 x 3(20/5) + (11 - 1) 

58

300

5.22 x 3 

15.66

300

1 1/2 + 1 5/7 

2 6/7 

400

5 x 18(21/7) + (8 x 5)  

160

400

Sarah, the apple orchard worker, makes 50 caramel apples each day and 30 chocolate covered apples each day. She eats 3 of each every two days. How many apples does she make in a week? 

400 caramel and chocolate covered apples each week

400

4^2-(81/3)-(16/2)

35

400

(3.72 + 2.1) x 4.1

23.862

400

2 9/13 x 1 4/9 

3 104/117

500

(3^3/9)^2+((2+10)x3)-25

20

500

AJ, the candy maker, makes 300 dark chocolate caramels, 200 packs of Sour Patch Watermelons with 20 in each pack, and 100 packs of Red Vines with 20 in each pack. He wants to share all his candy with 9 friends. How many of each candy will he and his friends get?  

30 dark chocolate caramels 

400 Sour Patch Watermelons 

20 Red Vines

450 pieces of candy total

500

22 - (5 x 3) x 21 x 6^2

4,792

500

6.28 / 2.04 

3.0708....

500

7/8 / 1/2 

14/8 or 1 3/4